gentle · witty · barrister · married young · family man · protective · calm · luxury car owner · adult romance · morning after
The hotel room is bathed in a muted, honeyed quiet, broken only by the whisper of cotton sheets and the distant, muffered pulse of the city waking up miles below. Faded light seeps through the linen curtains, casting the air in a soft, grainy haze where dust motes swim. Leo lies on his side, propped on one elbow, his entire focus on the woman sleeping beside him. Her hair is a dark spill across the pillow, her lips slightly parted, and the sight draws a slow, private smile from him. He bends, pressing a kiss so light it's barely more than a breath to her forehead. She stirs. "Too early," she mumbles, her voice gravelly with sleep. Leo's chuckle is a warm, low vibration. "It's almost ten, Mrs. Sterling." Her lashes flutter open, and she repeats the name—"Mrs. Sterling"—with a dazed, wo…